Summary: His final war, his final stand, and his final breath. After a Konoha elite shinobi was kidnapped by Orochimaru, the mission is accounted for Naruto retrieve him. Death, love, chances, and traitors, all in one. 'Naruto' Sakura cried... no... he's dead.

Rated: "T" for language, and violence throughout.
Disclaimer: Yes, I don't own Naruto.

a/n: This is a repost of Naruto: Orochimaru and the Pain Within Naruto, so this would probably explain why there are 47 or so reviews for one chapter. Sorry.

Naruto: Havoc Amongst His Final Breath
By: x HoRo HoRo
Chapter One:
The Close Escape, Uzumaki Naruto Is Free

Every second, a drip of water would slash onto the rotten steel ground from a broken water pipe within the dark walls of the cell. Cracks, and open cuts from the walls gave away a foul smell that made Uzumaki Naruto cover his nose with his orange sleeves.

The air around him felt thick and moist. Every single breath he'd take would make him gag as if he drowned and needed clean fresh air to breathe from. Everytime he were to move, it would feel as if bugs crawled under him, and he needed to scratch all around just to get rid of the feeling.

Hell was what Naruto called it. A small hellish cell where he sat on a half broken down steel bench with one toilet and a small blanket used for a bed. For five days he sat there just thinking about what he would do in order to get out, in order to be free, and in order to just change things before he was captured. How dumb he thought.

Only one guard stood outside of his cell, but that guard stood lazy. The whole time guarding Naruto, he'd sleep and snore, annoying Naruto every single second. Naruto swore that he'd rather be beatened and kill rather then get tortured by the irritating noise. The guard was of course overweight or his height, and from Naruto's point of view; stubborn just as well as he is from time to time.

For five days and four nights, he sat without eating. A glass of water came to him every three hours, but that was it. For five days and four nights he was left starving; his stomach grumbled the cries of food every minute. The pain was bearable, but lasting for the length that he has lasted, it was soon going to be unbearable.

Naruto hoped that if he couldn't find a way out, that his friends, either Sakura, Shikamaru, or anyone else would help him soon before he starves to death or is killed in the hands of the enemy who kept him in a dirty rotting hell cell; Orochimaru.

Only the fear of torture came through his mind before death. But, as long as he would be killed before torture, Naruto would be fine with it... that is if he doesn't find a way to escape. Naruto could only pray and hope that someone saves him before it's too late.

A drop of cold filthy water splashed on his yellow blonde hair. He twitched as the drop managed to get passed his hair and into his skull. He felt anger inside, and pain throughout his body; not the pain of hunger, but the pain of frustration. Before he knew it, he was yelling at the guard outside of his cell.

"Baka!" He urged out. "How much longer until I get out of here?" After yelling, Naruto slammed his fist against the cell bars, but only to feel pain run through his veins. The metal vibrations shook his hurtful hands, forcing him to hold them together.

The guard snorted, "Humph, dumb kid, sit your ass down and shut up."

The words struck Naruto through the eyes, and angered him even more. "Say it again..."

The guard stood up and faced Naruto through the cell bars. He smiled, and very slowly pointed his finger up at Naruto. Naruto's eyes squeezed shut as he felt the urge to yell and scream with the force of a punch to the face, but through the cell bars, he couldn't do a thing. The bars were too close together for even him to fit three if his fingers through. The only thing Naruto was able to do was take the taunt.

"Sit your ass down," The guard slowly moved his lips for the last few words. "And shut the hell up." After another grin on his face, he sat back down on his chair that stood only a few feet away from the right side of Naruto's cell.

"Oh, you're going to get it!" Naruto held out his palm in front of him, and concentrated on gathering his chakra. Once he formed a small orb of chakra in his hand, he was ready to strike, but only a second later, the orb disappeared. "Raseng-" Naruto paused as he stared at what had happened to his Rasengan.

"Its useless kid, don't you think Orochimaru-sama is smart enough to handle you?"

"N-nani?" Naruto tried forming up chakra again, but the same thing happened.

"I guess you are dumber than what Orochimaru-sama told me... the cell you're in is chakra protected." The guard crossed his arms and looked around into the cell. "Whenever you try to form or use chakra, the cell drains it, and synthesizes itself; making it stronger and harder to break through."

"Na-"

"So if you want to be saved, I suggest that you don't make the cell stronger and give your friends a hard time to break... that is if they're coming." The guard suddenly gave an evil laugh, only louder and louder he got until calming down to his relaxed position once again.

Naruto felt like trying his Rasengan once again, but after those words, he knew better. But even though he knew, the urge of creating his most powerful attack that he knows just kept on creeping up on him. Every second, he felt the chakra in his body enlarge, felt that he would be able to mold chakra even in the cell. But for once, he decided to play smart.

Not knowing what else he could possible do, Naruto slammed himself back down onto the steel bench and sighed. Think Naruto, think! He thought to himself. If he tried beating down the cell bars, he'd just end up hurting himself, and if he tried using chakra, it would be a waste.

For the next few minutes, Naruto sat speechless. Anger gathered in him as he grinded his teeth the whole entire time. His frustration wanted him to just kill the guard, but he couldn't when there is a cell-chakra-eater keeping him captive.

"Hey." Naruto's ears twitched at the sound of a familiar voice. Quickly, he turned around and saw a face that he would never ever forget.

"Sasuke!" Naruto darted towards the bars and tried to pull the bars apart with the minimum strength he had, but they didn't budge.

Seeing Sasuke was the last thing he wanted to be in front of his eyes for the rest of his life. After the things he has done to him and Konoha, the only thing Naruto wanted to do was slice his throat with his kunai and have him bleed to death on the damp steel ground.

Sasuke turned towards Naruto, without an expression, he turned back to the guard. The guard immediately stood up straight with his heels together, and his arms to the side. His overweight belly hung over a few inches. Sasuke held a hand over his mouth in disgust.

"Sasuke-sama!" The guard yelled out. A sweat-drop fell from his cheeks. He seemed to fear Sasuke even though being allies with him. "W-what is it?"

"Orochimaru says that he will see Naruto now." Sasuke exclaimed.

The guard hesitated before answering, "H-hai... Sasuke-sama." He reached in his pocket, and while he did that, Sasuke turned back to Naruto and darted eyes towards him. Staring at him with evil black pupils.

"Naruto..." Naruto eyed him vigorously, his eyes showed attack, and revenge against the Uchiha bastard. "I'm going to let you out now... but don't do anything stupid. Not only the cell you're in takes away the chakra you mold, but it also been slowly draining some out of your body... so if you do attack, you won't last long at all." Naruto grunted, but kept his eyes on Sasuke. "Orochimaru has quite some power doesn't he?"

When the keys jingled inside the key hole, the cell bars flew open fast; fast enough to where it created just enough wind to blow both Naruto and Sasuke's hair like a morning breeze.

Naruto clenched his fist tightly, but didn't attempt an attack; though he sure had the urge to kill his old comrade at the moment. Slowly, Sasuke stepped back a few steps, letting Naruto room to walk out of the cell and also giving room for him to make quick reaction incase Naruto rebelled.

A grin crossed Sasuke's face as he started walking down a dark hall. Shadows crept over him shortly, almost vanishing him within the darkness. Naruto took a moment to stare and think.

"Hurry up Naruto... You don't want to keep Orochimaru waiting." Sasuke's voice trailed off in an echo when it reached Naruto. Naruto took a breather, and hoped for the best, then started forward, several meters behind Sasuke, who was now unseen within the dark to Naruto's naked eye.

This could be trouble... Naruto thought. I don't know what I'm in for, should I go with my wits and kill Sasuke while I have the chance? Naruto quickly shook his head, and slapped himself on the cheeks. No, I'll only get myself killed. This place is full of people. Me against Sasuke and the others would just be dumb.

"Hey, baka, hurry up!" Sasuke demanded.

Naruto made a face and jotted up until he was inches behind him. Naruto pictured himself strangling Sasuke right here right now, and the picture was fine until Orochimaru came. If that were to happen, Naruto would for sure not live long.

The hall that they walked upon was pitch-black. Naruto almost couldn't see Sasuke or his own hands for that matter. He felt around quickly before every step just incase he would trip amongst something on the floor. He almost tripped over an object only a few minutes into the walk, but he managed to hold his balance and continued to fallow Sasuke.

When they came to a halt, Sasuke held his hand against a wall, and turned around a bunch of runes with odd symbols on them. He turned the top to the right, then the one below to the left, and then slowly pressed the one below that like a button.

The wall started to shake as rubbles of tiny sand came falling down from the high endless ceiling. Soon when it all stopped, a door opened up, and Naruto's eyes widened like he had stuck twigs in his eyes to keep him from sleeping. His eyes darted forward, and his heart started pounding. He didn't believe what he saw, and immediately turned into confusion.

"SASUKE!" Naruto shouted. Between the doors, another Sasuke stood in there path. His eyes were serious, and his mouth clamped shut as he stared dangerously at the Sasuke beside Naruto. "N-Nani!" Naruto yelled. "What's going on here?"

Both Sasuke's stared at eachother for a moment. The one beside Naruto took out a kunai from his back pocket and held it in front of his chest with a stance. He glared at Naruto, then at the Sasuke between the doors.

"Naruto!" The Sasuke by him called out. Naruto brought his attention towards him. "Run!" All of a sudden, Naruto felt confused. He wasn't sure what to do. Run? It was too fast for sudden for him.

Two Sasuke's? Naruto thought that his mind was going mad because he hadn't had anything to eat in quite a long time, but he was too focused to worry about his hunger now; he needed to know what was going on.

A puff of smoke surrounded the Sasuke beside Naruto. Once it cleared, Naruto's eyes became even more exhausted after seeing so many surprising things. But yet, another surprised struck him.

"S-Sakura-chan!" Naruto instantly dropped his jaw. Her pink hair shifted as she held her kunai with an even tighter grip. Her eyes showed fear, and love for the man she used to befriends with. She stretched her pink long glove with one hand, and gripped her kunai even harder.

"Naruto!" Sakura yelled. "I said run!"

"Demo..." Naruto didn't want to leave her by herself. He got ready to fight with a stance. He held his hand out but stopped once he heard Sakura's voice again.

"Naruto, run! There's another exit on the level under us."

Sasuke leaned off the wall, and started forward. Naruto ran up to the rail beside them and looked down. All he saw was total darkness, not even a speck of anything bright saw within his eyes. Does she want me to commit suicide? If so, she could've just asked. Naruto joked in his mind, but then started to think. He wasn't in any joke or training at the moment, he couldn't just think of something dumb and silly.

"Naruto, we didn't come out all this way just to watch you stand." Sakura exclaimed. Her voice turned into demand.

We? Who else is here? Naruto stared at Sakura, who started to back up whenever Sasuke took a step forward.

"Hm, I knew there was some trouble around here." Sasuke spat at the floor in front of Sakura. "I never expected you to be here... Sakura." He took a step forward, but Sakura took one back. After taking a moment to stare at her, he darted over his eyes towards Naruto. "You!" He charged with amazing speed with a shuriken in his hand.

"Naruto!" Sakura ran fast, almost fast enough to make her speed seem like teleportation, towards Naruto and used her kunai to block Sasuke's attack. The blades clashed in front of the paralyzed Naruto. "Move it, Naruto!" Sakura jumped and back-kicked Naruto, making him fall over the edge. She then pulled herself from air and spun herself up behind Sasuke.

Sakura jumped one lead back, and heard the cried of Naruto as he fell into a place that he couldn't see. He smart, she said to herself Naruto, or your dead.

.:Naruto:.

Naruto fell screaming, not knowing what to do. He saw nothing but a pitch black nothing, and panicked for a second before calming himself down. Before his squinting eyes, he saw what looked like another ramp like hall; the same he was once on before being kicked down by Sakura.

Let pray this works! He held his hands together in hand signs and yelled, "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" Several puffs of smoke appeared in front of him and shadow replications of him emerged.

"Let's get on that ramp!" Naruto yelled. He grabbed onto the arm of one of his replications, who then gripped another, and another until the last one reached the railings. They pulled eachother up and onto the railing as Naruto stood hanging, just waiting to be pulled up. "Sakura, hurry up." He said to himself. Once he reached the ledge, his replications vanished in smoke, and he started running through a heavy steel door.

.:Naruto:.

Sasuke attempted to jump over the edge and try to go after Naruto, but a tug on his shirt pulled him back. He flipped backwards and threw his shuriken at Sakura. She threw her kunai and clashed there weapons in midair. She then dug from her pocket and drew out another kunai.

"Sakura, move it!" Sasuke dashed over towards her with amazing speed, and threw his knee upwards into the stomach her Sakura, but she evaded it by jumping high into the moist misty air.

"Sasuke-kun, your still the monster you were after you left Konoha." Sakura yelled. She threw her kunai at Sasuke.

Easily, Sasuke dodged it and held a hand near the end of his mouth. "Katon, Goukakyuu no Jutsu!" He breathed in fast, making his belly twice its size, and exhaled. A spinning formation of fire roared out of his mouth, and made its way towards Sakura.

"Kus-" Before she got to finish her curse, she flipped back and off the edge into where Naruto fell through the darkness. But unlike Naruto, she saw the next level quickly. She reached into her pocket and drew out another kunai; her last one, but this one had a string attacked to the look on the end off the handle.

She threw the kunai and it looped around a bar. She pulled herself with all her might. When she finally got to solid ground, she looked up where Sasuke still stood. He blasted another flare of fire down towards her, but it missed by miles.

She threw her intentions of avoiding Sasuke's attacks and stared over at the door Naruto ran though; it was still open. Sakura smiled that Naruto was able to climb up the rail. For a moment, she had thought that she might have killed Naruto by accident.

"Alright Naruto, keep running." Sakura smiled, and ran through the door, but this time, she closed it behind her with dust rushing out of its corners.

Sasuke looked down near the endless fall, and then grunted. "Have to stop them!" He ran past the door he made his appearance from and pulled out his Shadow Shuriken in a ready attempt to attack.

.:Naruto:.

Naruto didn't know where to go, but he didn't want to stop for multiple reasons. But he still couldn't help the fact that he ran away from a fight where Sasuke would have killed Sakura. He wanted to stay and fight, and almost did stop for that reason, but kept his pace and continued running.

The place he ran through were like isles of needles poking out from every angle. He always had to be careful before taking a turn. Everything was dark, and almost unable to see, but red heat lights cast a beam that showed the way.

"Matte!" Naruto heard from behind him. He, still running, turned his head around and saw Sakura running after him.

"Sakura-chan!" He stopped at a small intersection like area and waited for Sakura to get near.

He smiled in glory that she was not hurt, but all soon destroyed his mind once he saw another flying Sakura shoulder the one he saw first down to the floor. A puff of smoke covered the Sakura on the floor and when it cleared, it was Sasuke who sat there.

Naruto flinched back. That was close. Naruto thought to himself. If he were to let Sasuke fool him, then he probably would have been dead.

"Naruto, exits right there!" Sakura pointed out to a door behind him. She started running towards Naruto, but felt a sharp and painful feeling in her leg. She fell down to the floor hard with a high pitched yelp.

"Sakura-chan!" Naruto cried out.

When Sakura stared back at her left leg, she saw Sasuke's shuriken halfway in her back thigh. She quickly pulled it out and tried walking, but fell back down.

"Sakura, get out of the way!" Sasuke jumped over her, and started for Naruto.

Naruto took a stance, and got ready to throw a punch towards Sasuke, but Sasuke stopped, and stood inches away from Naruto as if he had been turned to stone.

Nani? Sasuke tried moving his arms and legs, but they wouldn't obey his will. The only movement he was able to do with his body was bob his head around.

A white light beamed into the room from the door behind him as the sun shined in. Naruto quickly whirled around to see an old friend of his; Nara Shikamaru.

"Shikamaru!" Naruto smiled, but then turned his attentions towards the hurt Sakura.

Shikamaru through a smirked, "Kage Mane no Jutsu."

Sasuke looked down at his feet, and saw a shadow connecting from his to Shikamaru's. His face changed as he was unable to move anymore.

"Naruto!" Shikamaru started. "Get Sakura, let's move."

Naruto nodded and ran past Sasuke. Sasuke wanted to swing an arm at Naruto as he passed right by him, but was unable to because of the shadows that bind his body. All he could do was watch.

"Sakura-chan, daijoubu?" Naruto asked. Sakura nodded slowly. Naruto kneeled down in front of her and said, "Here, get on my back, I'll carry you."

Without arguing, Sakura wrapped both arms around Naruto's neck as he lifted her onto his back. Naruto got back up and ran past the immobile and angered Sasuke. Before exiting the bright door that led outside, Naruto turned back around and stuck out a tongue out at him. He smiled, and turned around.

Before they left the room, Sakura turned her head back as far as she could, trying to get one glimpse of Sasuke, but could only manage to see his black hair that waffled against the wind as the door closed behind them.

As Sasuke was free from Shikamaru's shadows, he darted towards the door in search for revenge, but stopped.

"Sasuke-kun." A voice echoed through the room and it vibrated his ears. "Let them go, I will deal with them later on."

Sasuke smiled, and soon gave away an evil smile. "Hai... Orochimaru."

.:Naruto:.

Leap after leap, they wouldn't stop for anyone. With Sakura on the back of Naruto, Shikamaru lead the way out. The fresh smell of clean air never smelt so good in Naruto's nostrils; he almost gagged trying to sniff so many times.

"I thought you guys weren't going to come." Naruto commented. "But since you did, what took you so long?"

"We couldn't just approach and run after you with Orochimaru, how dumb would that be?" Sakura answered. "So we had to go back to the village and talk about this with Tsunade-sama."

"To tell you the truth though, Naruto, we almost forgot about you." Shikamaru added.

Naruto closed his eyes in disbelief, but the way his friends always treated him, he wondered if it was true.

When Shikamaru stopped on a branch, he held out a hand and halted Naruto. Naruto, with the extra weight of Sakura on his back, landed and almost fell over, but Shikamaru held him back up. Both breathed a sigh of relief.

"Sheesh Naruto, you're so troublesome." He looked around there surroundings, and soon called, "Neji!"

Leaves brushed from the branches on top of them, and Neji soon fell out. He landed between Naruto and Shikamaru with his eyes bulged like veins were going to explode. He smiled at Naruto, then turned to Shikamaru. "About time you guys made it." He said.

"Hai, hai, we ran into some trouble." Shikamaru confessed. "By the way, we have an injury, use your Byakugan and see if someone is following us will you?"

Neji nodded. "Byakugan!" An invisible wave echoed through the bushes, and from Neji's view, it was like a ghost moving through solids. He went through many objects, and when finally satisfied, said, "No. We may rest..."

"Good." Shikamaru sighed. He jumped several story-like heights down from the branch they stood on and fell on flat grasslands. Naruto and Neji followed shortly.

"Is this all... just you guys?" Naruto asked. He sat Sakura down near a tree for her to lean against.

Shikamaru nodded. "Hai, I wanted to bring Chouji, but he was too busy... well you know him. Hinata, Kiba, and Shino are on a mission already, they should be back soon. As for the rest, I really have no idea."

"We should hurry back to Konoha soon." Neji suggested. The feeling of resting right after running was uncomfortable, even though his Byakugan showed no presence of a follower. "I don't like resting when we're only a few minutes away from the enemy."

"Daijoubu, Sakura-chan?" Naruto sweetly asked. He tried moving her leg, but she pushed back.

"Don't." She said. "Just give me some kind of bandage; I should just cover this wound up until we get to Tsunade-sama."

"Demo, demo, you've learned some medical skills from Tsunade-baachan, can't you heal yourself?"

Sakura shook her head. "Minor cuts, yes; but this is too deep to be a minor."

"Here." Neji handed over a few lengths wide of tape bandages. Naruto took them and nodded. "It won't help as much, but it will enough until we get back."

Naruto handed the bandage to Sakura, who slowly wrapped it around her wound several times on the thigh. On the final round of bandage, she tugged on it fairly rough, making her yelp as she felt pain throughout her leg. Slowly, she took a couple of breaths and leaned back against the tree she sat against,

"Sakura-chan..." Naruto leaned forward; wanting to help.

"Hai, mochiron; just have to make it tight, that's all. We've been in tougher situations before." She slowly smiled at Naruto. "Arigatou, for carrying me this far."

Naruto gave a smile back. "You saved me, heh." Naruto reached a hand back behind his neck and laughed out a victory round.

"Neji-kun, Shikamaru-kun, let's go. Tsunade-sama is waiting for us." Sakura, with the help of Naruto, got up to her feet.

"Are you able to jump?" Shikamaru asked.

Sakura nodded. "Hai, but let's go now so I can get this healed. Sakura attempted a jump, but only managed a few feet before falling back down. "Damnit!" She yelled.

"Sakura." Shikamaru said. "Quit playing tough, let Naruto carry you, you wont be able to make it on your own.

Sakura slowly forced a smile on her face and nodded just before getting on the back of Naruto. She felt weak having to be carried, but her leader, Shikamaru, gave her orders in order to get them back faster. She wasn't fond with it, but she also wasn't against it. She enjoyed the fast movement paste that Naruto was able to do with extra weight. And it wasn't long until they finally saw the gates of Konoha.

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